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US 2006/0179651 A1Published application
Telecommunications cable jacket adapted for post-extrusion insertion of optical fiber and methods for manufacturing the same
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorWayne Kachmar
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications cable having a jacket including a feature for allowing post-extrusion insertion of an optical fiber or other signal-transmitting member. The present disclosure also relates to a method for making a telecommunications cable having a jacket including a feature for allowing post-extrusion insertion of an optical fiber or other signal-transmitting member.
Claims16
A method for manufacturing a telecommunications cable, the method comprising:
- extruding a cable jacket having an interior passage, the cable also including a rip member positioned within the jacket;
- after extrusion, pulling the rip member from the jacket to provide an access location that provides access to the interior passage;
- and
- inserting a signal transmitting member through the access location and into the interior passage of the jacket.
1 more element
A method for manufacturing a telecommunications cable, the method comprising:
- extruding a cable jacket having an interior passage, the cable jacket being extruded between a tip and a die;
- and
- after extrusion, slitting the jacket with a blade located adjacent an exit end of the die to provide a predefined slit location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.